Average temperature in March is 20.5 °C
Average daytime temperature is 24.6 °C
Average night temperature is 17.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 26.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 15.4 °C
Number of sunny days:
Number of rainy days: 31
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 200 mm
* Weather data for Chipata Zambia is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| March (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 26 | 26.5 | 26 | 25 | 22.9 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 25.8 | 24.2 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 23.3 | 25.2 | 25.1 |
| Apparent max temperature | 26.8 | 28 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 30.7 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 30.2 | 28 | 24.2 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 27.8 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 27.8 | 29.5 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 26.7 | 25.5 | 28.8 | 29.4 |
| Mean temperature | 20.6 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 19.6 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 20 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 20.1 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 19.2 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 20 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 18.9 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 17 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 17.8 | 18.3 |
| Minimum temperature | 18.2 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 18 | 17 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 18.1 | 18 | 17 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.8 |
| Apparent min temperature | 22.2 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23 | 23.8 | 24 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 18.7 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 21.9 | 22 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 20.7 | 20 | 21.6 | 21.5 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 10 | 9.7 | 11 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 5 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 8 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 7.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 12 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 21.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 20 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 21.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 15.6 |
| Precipitation hours | 15 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 19.6 | 14.9 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 9 | 15 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 13 | 16 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13 | 13.7 | 14.5 | 22.6 | 18.9 | 15.1 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 11.6 | 15.8 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Chipata was 26.5°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 15.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in Chipata are 17.6°C and 24.6°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 200 mm.